科德角(Cape Cod)是美国马萨诸塞州东南部的一个半岛,面对浩瀚的大西洋,著名的伍兹霍尔海洋研究所(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)位于这个半岛的西南角。整个半岛犹如一个巨人弯曲的臂膀,从马萨诸塞州东南部的新英格兰陆地上伸向大西洋(图1)。半岛上,山丘蜿蜒成弧,象一个巨大的花瓣;海滨沙嘴弯如月,沙坝长如刀;海蚀崖陡峭,砾石滩发育;滨海平原上一排排小 Cape Cod, a peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts, faces the vast Atlantic Ocean and the famous Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is located on the southwestern corner of the peninsula. The entire peninsula is like a gigantic bent arm that stretches over the New England land from southeastern Massachusetts to the Atlantic Ocean (Figure 1). The peninsula, the winding mountain arcs, like a huge petals; beach sand curly bend like the moon, sand dam long as a knife; sea cliffs steep, gravel beach development; on the plains of the coastal plains